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  • © 2021

Handbook of Spine Technology

Editors:

  1. Boyle C. Cheng

    1. Neuroscience Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Drexel University, Allegheny General Hospital Campus, Pittsburgh, USA

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  • Summarizes internationally approved spinal technologies
  • Documents history of failed implants and poor outcomes
  • Advances field by looking to future of spinal technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (69 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Low Back Pain Is a Point of View

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    3. Back Pain: The Classic Surgeon’s View

      • Neil Berrington
      Pages 27-36

    4. Back Pain: Chiropractor’s View

      • I. D. Coulter, M. J. Schneider, J. Egan, D. R. Murphy, Silvano A. Mior, G. Jacob
      Pages 37-65

    6. Medical Causes of Back Pain: The Rheumatologist’s Perspective

      • Stephanie Gottheil, Kimberly Lam, David Salonen, Lori Albert
      Pages 93-107

  3. Biomaterials and Biomechanics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Implant Material Bio-compatibility, Sensitivity, and Allergic Reactions

      • Nadim James Hallab, Lauryn Samelko, Marco Caicedo
      Pages 127-149

    3. Mechanical Implant Material Selection, Durability, Strength, and Stiffness

      • Robert Sommerich, Melissa (Kuhn) DeCelle, William J. Frasier
      Pages 151-162

    5. Biological Treatment Approaches for Degenerative Disc Disease: Injectable Biomaterials and Bioartificial Disc Replacement

      • Christoph Wipplinger, Yu Moriguchi, Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, Eliana Kim, Farah Maryam, Roger Härtl
      Pages 171-195

    6. Bone Grafts and Bone Graft Substitutes

      • Jae Hyuk Yang, Juliane D. Glaeser, Linda E. A. Kanim, Carmen Y. Battles, Shrikar Bondre, Hyun W. Bae
      Pages 197-273

    7. Mechanobiology of the Intervertebral Disc and Treatments Working in Conjunction with the Human Anatomy

      • Stephen Jaffee, Isaac R. Swink, Brett Phillips, Michele Birgelen, Alexander K. Yu, Nick Giannoukakis et al.
      Pages 275-291

    8. Design Rationale for Posterior Dynamic Stabilization Relevant for Spine Surgery

      • Ashutosh Khandha, Jasmine Serhan, Vijay K. Goel
      Pages 293-314

    9. Lessons Learned from Positive Biomechanics and Poor Clinical Outcomes

      • Deniz U. Erbulut, Koji Matsumoto, Anoli Shah, Anand Agarwal, Boyle C. Cheng, Ali Kiapour et al.
      Pages 315-330

    10. Lessons Learned from Positive Biomechanics and Positive Clinical Outcomes

      • Isaac R. Swink, Stephen Jaffee, Jake Carbone, Hannah Rusinko, Daniel Diehl, Parul Chauhan et al.
      Pages 331-348

  4. Considerations and Guidelines for New Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 375-375
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About this book

This handbook is the most authoritative and up-to-date reference on spine technology written for practitioners, researchers, and students in bioengineering and clinical medicine. It is the first resource to provide a road map of both the history of the field and its future by documenting the poor clinical outcomes and failed spinal implants that contributed to problematic patient outcomes, as well as the technologies that are currently leading the way towards positive clinical outcomes. 
The contributors are leading authorities in the fields of engineering and clinical medicine and represent academia, industry, and international government and regulatory agencies. The chapters are split into five sections, with the first addressing clinical issues such as anatomy, pathology, oncology, trauma, diagnosis, and imaging studies. The second section, on biomechanics, delves into fixation devices, the bone implant interface, total disc replacements, injury mechanics, and more. The last three sections, on technology, are divided into materials, commercialized products, and surgery. All appropriate chapters will be continually updated and available on the publisher’s website, in order to keep this important reference as up-to-date as possible in a fast-moving field. 
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Neuroscience Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Drexel University, Allegheny General Hospital Campus, Pittsburgh, USA

    Boyle C. Cheng

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About the editor

Boyle Cheng, PhD, is Director of Neurosurgical and Spine Research at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include spine biomechanics and neurosciences, comparative test methodologies, ASTM international test standards, clinical robotics, and specimen specific dynamic models.
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